Vehicle accident kills seven in northwest China
19/9/2008 16:52
Seven people were killed and 15 others injured in an accident in northwest
China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region today.
The accident took place on a
highway in Gongliu County of Yili Prefecture shortly after midnight
today.
According to an official with the Yili prefectural government, a
cement truck rear-ended a tractor sending it into the opposite lane.
The
tractor then smashed head-on with a minibus carrying 24 people.
Seven people
on board the bus were killed. Fifteen were injured, two seriously.
Officials
said everyone on board is related.
The minibus was over capacity. It was only
designed to carry 14 people.
No word on either driver's condition.
The
cause of the crash is under investigation.
Xinhua
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